In my quest to program and build my own trading system, I have discovered a lot of conflicting information on the “Internets” about trading APIs and stock and option price quotes. In the past, I posted on HN news about some of my findings, only to get some great new insights. One thing I can’t find is a simple location for all trading APIs and I have stumble along some rabbit holes when dealing with the APIs, trying to see what works and what is no longer supported. With that said, I will will be launching a General information Git Repository, to hopefully provide links to SDK for trading API and price quote APIs, Etc. I will obviously do pull requests, but my opinions and finding on certain trading systems will be detailed below and on this site.

For years I looked for a simple way to get earnings reports from Wall
St. It seems they would change their earning reports on a regular basis
and the dates would be inconsistent. Then one day when I wasn’t paying
attention, BAM. Earnings report and the stock would take off or crash on
the numbers and I would be left holding the bag or missed the boat. You
get the point.

On August 1st, 2013, I retired from the Marine Corps (reserve) after
20 years. Being a Marine was one of the best, most challenging,
difficult, awesome, rewarding, dangerous, selfless, crazy, fun,
dirtiest, humbling, toughest, exhausting jobs I will ever have. I
thought it might be appropriate to thank one of my Drill Instructors.